[duffdevice]

I dunno, the classic Sound On Sound "synth secrets" covers all this and more, in a lot more detail IMO

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/allsynthsecrets.htm

[maldusiecle]

Yeah, a lot of this information is pretty low-value relative to the Sound On Sound stuff. What good is it to know the difference in how a square wave and triangle wave look, if you don't understand how they sound different and why you might prefer one to the other? The "synth secrets" series is much more technical and showing its age, but it's comprehensive.

[DrPhish]

It also helps to have a real or soft synth in front of you so you can tweak knobs and play around as you go If you don't have anything, my recommendation is ZynAddSubFX. It is an amazing free synth with enough knobs to do almost anything

[bgruber]

Another (much more expensive) "standard" reference for synthesis algorithms is Curtis Roads' "The Computer Music Tutorial" http://www.amazon.com/Computer-Music-Tutorial-Technology/dp/...

[SN76477]

This is THE STANDARD

Almost 6 years old and still referenced everyday. Amazing documents. I would love to see more added to it.

[duffdevice]

Nit: The first articles in the series came out in 1999, so more like 17 years old :)

[cyphax]

Thank you for the link! :) I've recently gotten a MIDI controller to finally take some first steps into electronic music (I'm used to playing "regualr" keyboard) and this is what I was looking for!